Serbian Army Chief of Staff Milan Mojsilovic has proposed deploying troops to the border with Kosovo, where tensions remain high due to roadblocks imposed by the Serb minority. Mojsilovic traveled to Raska near the Kosovo border after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. “The tasks assigned to the Serbian army and to me as chief of staff are precise and clear and will be fulfilled,” Mojsilovic assured into the microphones of Rtv Pink, Serbia’s main private television channel. “The situation is complex,” he added.
What happens at the border
In Kosovo, Serb minorities erected roadblocks on the border with Serbia to protest the arrest of a former police officer. Traffic at two border crossings has been paralyzed. “We are on the brink of a new armed conflict,” said Belgrade Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. Shortly before Mojsilovic left for the border area, several Serbian media published a video shared on social networks in which shots could be heard.
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KFOR, the NATO force in Kosovo, confirmed news of a shooting that took place in Zubin Potok, one of the four major municipalities in the north of the country and embroiled in protests by the local Serb population with barricades and roadblocks. The shots, reported Kfor in a statement, were fired not far from a NATO combat patrol, and no injuries or damage to property were reported.
Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, but Belgrade refuses to recognize it, encouraging the 120,000 Serbs remaining in the region to challenge Kosovar authority in Pristina.